The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

other rumors it spread rapidly, but lacked
confirmation.
Attorney General Hogg, with his steno.
graphic clerk, accompanied by Comfy
Attorney Barnhart, Justice Calhoun and
Constable Thorp, left yesterday morn
ing for the scene of the robbery.
! A dispatch was received from Marshal
Lucy, at Round Rock by Sergeant Palmer
last night, but he refused to divulge its
contents.
Northern papers yesterday wired their
correspondents to send full particulars of
the robbery.
From Saturdays Daily
There was scarcely perceptible abate-
ment in the degree of interest manifested
in the train robbery yesterday. Inquiries
were made necessarily by men of all
grades, ranks and degree of life, and
those in position to have information
the reporters especially were queried from
morning until the late hours of the night,
and as they were required to be on the
inquiring lay themselves, between the two
fires they had luckless time of it. And
all for little result, so far as information
of consequence is concerned. There are
some things known in select circles which
it will not do to divulge at present,
and beyond those points there
is little to be told. Ru-
mors were floating around during the
day, sometimes of quite sensational
character, but when sifted to the bottom
were found to be the fabrications of idle
gossip mongers. Nothing was received
from the pursuing party during the day,
and County Attorney Barnhart,
coming home last night, brought
the only authentic news that could be OBJ
tanned. He reports the officers still in
scattered. The three men seen together,
as reported in STATESMAN special yester
day, are believed to be a portion of the
gang, and officers are on hot trail after
them. The posses are scattered, and
are away from the railway lines,
which explains the cause of the failure
to hear from them. Several members of
the posse are old rangers, who know how
to trail fugutives, and as long as there is
chance to capture any of the gang they
are not going to let up.
Well posted men are of the opinion that
the robbers are endeavoring to reach the
Yegua bottom, and say if they
succeed it will be next to impossible to
catch them.
1t was reported last night late that news
had been received here that two men had
been captured, but the report could not
be confirmed.
The robbers, after dividing their spoils,
mounted their horses, and from that time
trailing with the dogs was difficult.
The officials of the express company
state now that the amount taken from the
car was less than $4,000, about one-half
of which was shipped from this city, the
greater portion of it being railroad funds
The following letter from Oliver Brush to
his brother George gives a graphic &C
count of his feelings during the ''enter-
| tanning" time:
Fort WORTH, TEXAS, May 10, 1887
Dear George:
| We arrived safe and sound. But had more ex-
| element than wished for l had Just gone into
the day car and was talking to Charlie White when
the shooting began, and you bet there was lots OF
it, about thirty-fve or forty shots. We kept our
seats but ducked our heads down, most of the pas
sengers got on the floor between the seats.
Drake and others. Only one man got shot; he
was in the sleeper; the, ball went through
through the window on the opposite side above the
washstand. l was sitting on the washstand until
went in to see Charlie. If had stayed where
| WAS Oh TIE WdSublduu luo Dhl WOulu nave BOno
through my face. Only one passenger was robbed,
and he was the one that got on at Mcneil. He
had very PLEASANT time waiting at Mcneil with
three men surrounding him with revolvers in their
hands. The robbers made the engineer and fire
and sent the station agent with
us on the train. He got off at Round Rock
l had hard time hiding my money; put It in my
shoes, with the exception of $40. Charlie said
that was not safe place, they would be sure to
look there he told me to put it up my back;
| took it away from there as | thought they would
feel me and be sure to find it, 80 put 1t down my
pants leg | had all of my trouble for nothing, as
they only robbed the express.
| When the shooting began, Thought 1t was prls-
oners trying to escape, as a guard bought twenty
one tickets at Austin. afterwards found out that
the prisoners went on the Central would give
you a fuller account, if did not think you would
| see it In THE STATESMAN. Your brother,
o. BRUSH.
From Sundays Daily.
Captain James Lucy, Deputy Sheriff
Sam Platt, and Officers Bracken and
pursuit of the McNeill station train
pirates.
A STATESMAN reporter "held up" Capt.
Lucy for an interview but did not get
much Doodle, the captain being tired, and
besides, unwilling to produce the pocket
book of information. He, however, said
that the pursuit had been carried over
hills and through thickets into the
Brushey bottom within three or four miles
of the Yegua, where the trail was lost
He describes the country as
being exceedingly rough and diff
cult to travel over. The robbers,
after dividing their spoils, at the
camp, two miles and a half from
the scene of the holdup, mounted their
horses and scattered in different direc-
tions. The bloodhounds refused to trail
the horses, and the pursuit had then to be
made as best was possible. The officers
divided up into squads and beat
the country thoroughly as they moved
after the fleeing desperadoes. The three
men, of whom mention has heretofore
been made, were followed into Brushey bot
tom. They cut fences as they went along,
and led their pursuers merry chase,
finally eluding them in the density of the
Yegua thickets.
Captain Lucy is of the opinion that
there were not over eight or
nine men in the robbing party,
most of whom we're green
hands. The leader, however, understood
his business, and planned his attack with
GOODNESS and skill. He evidently showed
himself to be bad man from the head
waters of Ugly creek. The return of
Marshal Lucy was necessitated by urgent
matters which required his presence in